Tractor-fender



1" Each part is designated by the same ref- UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFI E- GUSTAVE WENZELMANN, or GALESBU'RG, ILLINOIS.

TRACTOR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921;

Application filed May 10, 1919. Serial No. 296,218.

bility ofthe tractor seat Protection'of, this nature is of great-importanceuon"account of the extraordinary danger to a. person riding on the seat,be-

ever is b n d wn y th m te i Various deviceshave'been tr1ed,' but,

'far as I know, have proved'to befmore or lessinefficient besides being objectionable on account of'obstructing passage to and from the tractor .seat.

the drawings herewith, Figure 1 is a rearview of my device attached to a tractor; Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on line (24-6; of

'Fi'grl; Fig. 3 is a plan view of my device and'the rear part of a tractor to which itis attached. Fig.4 is anfenlarged detail'of sectioh at' b6 of 1; Figs. 5 and 6 show means ofattaching the adjustable floor;

Figs 7. and ,8 illustrate a controlling spring for the saidfloor'. .7

erence character wherever shown or described. 1, 1 represent the housings of the rear axles ofatractor; 2 is the gear housing,'p'artly formed by the enlarged ends of housings, 1, 1 3, 3* arecthemain traction wheels; 4 is a portion of the tractor body, 5 .isth'esteering wheel, 6 is the seat and 6 is the spring on which seat 6 is mounted.

A main cross .bar 7, preferably of L-shape injcross: 'section,"is rigidly attachedtothe I rear portion of housing2, by means of hangers 8, 8f, the top of cross bar-7 being placed at a soinewhat lower. level than the bottom of the'small part of housings 1, 1,

for the purpose:laterexplained.' 9, 9 are uprights erected at'the ends of bar 7 and provided with braces 10, 10. Sheet metal guards '11, 11?, substantially semicircular in,

outlinc,'are, placed'nearpbut not touching tion lugs. to, and stiffened and supported by uprights bars 13, ,13,

thereto. Braces 15,15

the forward parts of guards 11, 11 to body ifurther stiffened an H p 'to wheels 3, 3 tween the powerful'main' traction wheels, and just ahead of the plow, harrow or whatforward ends'of fioor bars 18,18"? hinged to housings 1, 1, by means of U- ends of bars 18, 18

'22, allowing the insertion of pin 23, which This device is shown in detail, bar 18, in Figs. 2, 5 and 6. Bar 18 also has the desired. location. may be firmly clamped in place, but the inthe inner edges of wheels 3, 3*, respectively,

and provided with wide semicircular flanges 12, 12*, covering butnot touching'the upper half of the wheels 3, 3 room-be1ngallowed for attachin to said wheels the usual tracuards 11, 11 are firmly attached 9, 9 respectively. Uprights 9, 9 are extendedto the periphery of guards' 1 1, 11, and are bent over at right angles, forming extending transversely" of which are securely attached and 16, 16 connect flanges 12, 12

4 of the tractor, said guards being thereby held in proper relation tended forward above cross bar 7 and under houslngs 1, 1, said cross bar 7 being placed in its low position for this purpose. 'The bolts 19, 19 provided with p nuts 20, arranged to support saddle washers 21, in which bars 118, 18 are slidably seated. Holes 22, suitably spaced, are providednearthe forward g and a hole isalso provided in each' of the saddle washers 21, adapted to register with any one of holes prevents bar 18 from sliding in washer 21.

as applied to its supportingv washer 21, holes 22 and pin 23. By this means floor 17 can be adjusted.

forward or backward and securely held in" Saddle Washers 21 tention is that theyuremam loose enough to allow the rear'ends of bars '18, 18 and floor are loosely 17 thereon to be raised, giving free access to draw-bar 27 of thetractor'. The looseness of saddle washers 21' also permits the slid- "ing of, bars'18, 18 when pins 23 are removed in adjusting the position of floor 17. p

An' extensible spiral spring 24 is attachedj at its upper end, to floor bar 18, by means of slidableclip 25, this attachment being made slidable tofallo'w proper positioning in case of the above described adjustment of floor 17 The lower end of spring is'attached to arm 26, extending downward and forward from maln crossbar 7, directly belowfloor bar '18 and of proper lengthto give moderate tension to spring 24, thus providing yielding resistance to the raising of floor 17. Preferably vided between two such springs, one acting upon floor bar '18 and theother upon floor bar 18 and thus distributing the tension to both sides of the platform equally, without torsional strain on the parts.

The usefulnessandconvenience of my 'device will be" readilyunderstood. Guards .11,

V11, with flanges 12, 12 prevent the operator from falling upon or into the upper parts of wheels,3,'3f of the tractor ,andIfloor 17 coactsiwithsaid guards 11, li by l reep ing the operator'away from the lower parts of said wheels, Floor 17 also tractor and the plow, harrow or; other-' ma ,chine'being drawn by it.

step forth'e to seat 6', 'and it may also be utilized, in connection with guards 11,- ll 'an'd their flanges an instructor 12,12, as a convenient and safe place, for

to" operate v the tractor. The, tiltability of 'tioned' of being able to raise this floor to give better access to 'draw bar 27 and its connections, the upward yielding construction permits floor 17 to be raised automatically if more room is" needed for the plow beam or other machine part in turning,

or in case' 'an'y partof' a machine being drawnibylthe tractor extends ,under floor 17 v and has a tendency to be raised, with relaa s'upportfor floor, bars 18, 18 their point of flexible and adjustable at' v pr hts tionto' [thetracto'r in passing uneven ground or otherwise.

Another important advantage of my de- :vice is, that the use of cross bar 7 provides tachment to housings 1, 1 ,and floor 17, carried by them ,besides providing a convenient 50 7 v and non-obstructing base for the erection of uprights 9, QFand braces 10, 10, Further it will be seen that the use of rigid cross bar 7 makes it possible to provide efficient braces 10, 10? for wheel guards 11, 111"1Withoutseriously obstructingthe operators passage to seat (ion thev tractor.

This'is done, as shown in Fig, 1, byv spacing the attachment points of said braces 10, 10 a com paratively short distance from theibases of 9 It has been found practicable ,and dc, rable to 'make'the base of the triangle, formed by these-parts, from one fourth to one'third aslong as the altitude. lVhile showing the "construction so far found preferable, I do not wish to be undertheworkof spring 24Lis di- I makes it im possible for the operator to fall'between the Floor 17 further "provides a conve'nient use of the operator. in mounting r he lower part to stand while hisjpupil learns 7 floor 1'1 has already ,been explained. Besides theadvantage menbetween porting stood as limiting my "claims to the special 7 forms and relation of parts of my device herein shown and described.

l/Vhat I claim is: e

v 1. A device of the character described comprising guards over the top andinside upper portions ,of the main wheels' of ja tractor, a floor covering more or less of the space between said wheels guards and backof the rear axle of said tractor, said floor being adjustable and. tiltable, and means for V attaching and supporting saidfpart's.

2. A deviceof the fcharacter described comprising a main crossbar, rigidly attached'behind and somewhat below the housing of the rear'axle ofa tractor; braced uprlghtserected at the ends of said bar; a h e a and supported by, each1of said' uprights, said fenders guarding the upper portion "of the main wheels; of the-tractor and an adjustable: ca ntaliverffloor, supported by ceaction of said cross aildsaidaxle housing, and adapted to' serve as ai mounting step fortheoperator as w'ell as a guardfor of themain'wheels and the space between them back of said main, cross b .i 1' V 3.' A device of the character. described comprising a substantially horizontal main cross-bar hangers adapted to suspend said bar in rigid relation to and somewhat below metal fender attached to and stiffened the rear portion of the gear housing of a tractor, uprights erected at the ends' of the cross bar, and a brace fromfthecrossbar' to the upper portionof Yeach upright, said braced uprights being I .assist in support'ingwheel fenders attached .thereto';.and, incornbination with the .fore- I. v

Y 'thevrear axle v of the tractor and capable of adapted'to stiffenand and for the purpose explained.

. 5.'In adevice of thecharacter described,;

7 a: cantaliver: floor, covering and guarding described t engagementjwith said axle'housi g, and to permit the rear part of said ,supporting bars and thefloor' thereonito be raisedananually allowing access. to parts belowsaidgfloor, as

more orj'less' of thespace between the main 7 wheel guards ofa tractor, backof the main axlej; means for hingedly and adj'ustably attaching said floor-to thehousingof saidjaxle ,i

means adapted tosupport said floor in a 7 substantially horizontal position and means axle; means for hingedly attaching said adapted to yieldingly assist gravity in mainfloor and means for supporting said floor in taining said position. a substantially horizontal position, said 10 6. In a device of the character described, means being adapted to permit said floor to 5 a cantaliver floor covering and guarding be tilted manually or automatically.

more or less of the space between the main In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. Wheel guards of a tractor, back of the main GUSTAVE WENZELMANN. 

